February 21, 2019

Trump’s Followers Believe His Lies About the Wall

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/02/trump-followers-believe-lies-wall.html?fbclid=IwAR3VhxO0nnJpItTl8Cm0JBus-d4z_olJng62H7pmPohHiOdRanAmVF-Fgro
"So when Trump told the folks at that rally in El Paso to trust him over all contrary evidence—law enforcement data, the local Republican mayor, fact checks by Fox News—he wasn’t brainwashing them. He was telling them what they already believed. Trumpism isn’t about a border wall, any more than it’s about patriotism or conservatism. It’s about unshakeable faith in one man. A liar."